Wire fence



(No Model.)

J. L. RITER. WIRE FENCE;

Patehted Oct 10, 1893.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoHN'L. RITER, or BROWNSVILLE, INDIANA.

WIREIFIEVNVCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,257, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed August 29, 1892. Serial No. 444,438- (No model.)

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. RITER, of Brownsville,in the county ofUnion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new. and usefulImprovements in Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to' which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire fences and moreparticularly to improvements in the cables for such fences, the objectbeing to provide an elastic cable capable of yielding or giving underpressure laterally, and secured at suitable intervals, so that when thepressure is removed it will fly back to its normal position.

A further object is to provide a cable of such form that it is free toexpand and contract under varying temperatures without injuring any ofthe parts of the fence.

With these ends in viewmyinvention consists of an elastic cable forfences made of a series of wires, each wire being coiled spirally, theseries of wires being plaited together.

My invention further consists in the combination with rigid posts and anintermediate pivoted post, of a series of elastic cable, each cablebeing made up of a series of spirally coiled Wires plaited together.

. My invention further consists in the combination with posts and aseries of wire cables secured thereto, each cable being composed of aseries of spirally coiled wires plaited together, of stay rods and locksfor securing the cables to said stay rods.

My invention further consists of the parts and combinations of parts aswill be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of asection of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of thecable, and Fig. 3 shows a section of barbed cable.

A represents ripid posts and B an intermediate pivoted post adapted totilt or incline with the cables when the latter are pushed laterally aswill be hereinafter more fully explained.

The cables 0 aresecnred to the posts in any suitable manner, and eachcable consists of a series, preferably three, of wlres each wire beingbent into spiral form, and the the posts are located the ordinarydistance .apart.

posts and to the pivoted posts, it will be seen With the cables attachedtothe rigid that when pressure, such as would be occasioned by stockrunning against the fence, is exerted on the fence at any'point betweenthe rigid posts, all that portion of the fence including the pivotedpost will. give or yield outwardly and thus greatly lessen chances ofinjury to the fence and stock.

To prevent the cables from spreading apart I employ stay rods J. Thesestay rods are located at suitable distances apart and are 4 secured tothe cables by the lock 0.

If desired I can attach barbs to one or more of the wires as shown inFig. 3.

It is evident that numerous slight changes might be resorted to in therelative arrangement of parts herein shown without departing from thespirit of the invention and hence I would have it understood that I donot wish to confine myself to the exact construction herein shown; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An elastic cable for fences made of a series of wires each wire beingspirally coiled and the series of Wires plaited together, substantiallyas described.

2. In a wire fence the combination with rigid posts and an intermediatepivoted post, of a series of elastic cables, each cable being made of aseries of spirally coiled wires plaited together, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I, have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. RITER.

Witnesses:

O. M. BALL, G. F. DOWNING.

